Incorporation of plant traits in a land surface model helps explain the global biogeographical distribution of major forest functional types

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• deciduous forest 8%
• distribution 41%
• environmental conditions 6%
• evergreen forest 18%
• incorporation 95%
• land surface 100%
• net primary production 18%
• respiration 6%
• tropical region 8%

Agriculture & Biology

• broadleaved evergreen forests 12%
• cell respiration 8%
• codominance 39%
• empirical models 10%
• environmental factors 5%
• forest plants 11%
• forest types 29%
• functional diversity 9%
• leaf characteristics 9%
• leaves 14%
• net primary productivity 21%
• tropics 7%
• vegetation 6%